Code that ought to run fast, but can't due to Python limitations.

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.2639.1246802753.8015.python-list at python.org>,
Hendrik van Rooyen <mail at microcorp.co.za> wrote:
>
>But wait - maybe if he passes an iterator around - the equivalent of
>for char in input_stream...  Still no good though, unless the next call
>to the iterator is faster than an ordinary python call.

Calls to iterators created by generators are indeed faster than an
ordinary Python call, because the stack frame is already mostly set up.
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